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Ratifying Nagoya Protocol key to curbing genetic biopiracy

Despite being one of the world`s most bio-diverse nations, Indonesia has yet to receive compensation for the ...

Indonesian govt provides protection for steel industry

The government will provide protection for the national steel industry because the price of iron and steel raw ...

Indonesia govt sends back 103 containers containing toxic materials

Some 103 containers bearing scrap identified as a hazardous toxic material (B3) have been sent back to their country ...

Govt returns hazardous and toxic materials to England

Eighty-nine containers of hazardous and toxic materials, which arrived in Tanjung Priok seaport, North Jakarta, from ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

Turkey vows to strengthen economic ties with Iran

Turkish environment ministry expressed the country`s determination to strengthen its commercial and economic relations ...

Govt to phase out ODS imports until 2040

The government plans to phase out the import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) used in electronic and household ...

news focus: world youths to promote environment in Bandung

Some 1,300 children and youths aged 15 to 25 years from 120 countries will gather in the West Java city of Bandung ...

Philippines catches "largest" crocodile on record

A giant saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne was captured in a remote Philippine village following a spate ...

Ministry launches environmentally-friendly building certification system

The Environment Ministry has launched an environmentally-friendly building certification system, the ministry`s chief, ...

Environment minister declares Brebes green belt area

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta declared the northern coast in Brebes, Central Java, as a green belt area ...

Environment ministry to focus on tackling domestic wastes

The environmental affairs ministry will focus on handling domestic wastes in controlling pollution, according to a ...

RI, US sign agreement on environmental protection

The Indonesian Environment Ministry and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Many mining firms still don`t care about environment

Chief adviser to the "Proper" environment management rating program,` Surna T Djajadinighrat, said many mining firms ...